That said, more power to Snoop Lion for changing up. Few are the successful artists who leap into the unknown. And it’s certainly a respectable first track, even if it’s not eye-popping.

With its boilerplate reggae references to “revolution,” “ghetto youth,” the opening of a “third eye” and frequent salutation to the Rastafarian creative force Jah, the debut Snoop Lion ...

Call him Rasta Dogg. Rap superstar Snoop Dogg recently donned a tam and recorded a reggae album in Jamaica, under the name “Berhane,” or Snoop Lion. “This awakening was necessary,” he told ...

Watch the trailer for Reincarnated for your first glimpse of Snoop Dogg — or rather, Snoop Lion, his newly minted reggae identity — leaving hip-hop behind to sing and smoke up a storm in his ...

Snoop Lion won't fire back at critics who say his backing of the Rastafari movement is simply another gimmick from one of hip-hop's savviest self-marketers. But Snoop Dogg will.

Bob Marley, the reggae star and most famous Rasta, sang often of the "lion of Zion," referring to Selassie. Speaking of Marley, Snoop Lion also said that he considers himself a reincarnation of the ...

Certainly, marijuana is the aspect of Rasta culture that features most prominently in the rapper's personal history. Among his many encounters with the US legal system are arrests for possession ...

Snoop Dogg went to Jamaica, smoked some real sh*t down there, and had a transformative experience -- so much so that he’s now reinventing himself as a reggae artist named "Snoop Lion." ...

Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has changed his name to Snoop Lion and will begin focusing on reggae music instead of rap. The long-time West Coast gangster rapper (real name Calvin Broadus Jr.) claims to ...

The Reggae legend is accusing the Long Beach rapper recently turned Rasta of perpetrating a fraud to sell records and a movie. Last summer, Snoop Dogg announced he was now going by the Snoop Lion ...

With its wooden shacks on a beach shaded by palm trees, Ivory Coast's "Rasta Village" could be anywhere in West Africa -- if it wasn't for all the dreadlocks, Ethiopian flags and murals of the ...